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4.4.1 Early Life and Settlement
4-KL-026 Describe the influence of the natural environment onsettlement in Manitoba.
4-KL-027 Relate stories of interactions between the Selkirksettlers and Aboriginal peoples.
4-KH-034 Give examples of the impact of European settlement onAboriginal communities in Manitoba. Include: displacement of
communities, disease, cultural change.
4.4.2 People and Events That Shaped Manitoba
4-KH-033 Relate stories of people and events that shapedManitoba. Examples: voyageurs, Louis Riel, Chief Peguis, Lord
Selkirk, Nellie McClung, Thanadelthur, bison hunt...4-VH-008 Value oral tradition as an important way to learn
history.
4.4.3 Historical Cultural Contributions
4-KI-010 Give examples of the contributions of diverse ethnicand cultural communities to the history of Manitoba.
4-KI-011 Give examples of Aboriginal contributions to the historyof Manitoba. Examples: place names, art, parks and historic sites,
symbols and stories, guidance to early settlers... 4-KI-011A Recognize that their identities are connected to the
history of their Aboriginal community.4-KI-012 Give examples of francophone contributions to the
history of Manitoba. Examples: settlement of Saint-Boniface, placenames, language and culture, voyageurs...
4-KI-012F Recognize that their identities are connected to thehistory of their francophone community.
4.4.4 Changes in Ways of Life
4-KH-035 Describe ways in which life in Manitoba has changedover time. Examples: housing, food, hunting and fishing, clothing,
recreation, languages, education, agriculture, transportation...4-VH-009 Appreciate the significance of Manitoba’s history in
their lives.
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• Engaging Students in the Cluster: These are suggested strategies to activate the cluster andhelp teachers assess student prior knowledge.
• Suggested Portfolio Selections: This icon is attached to strategies that may result in products,processes, or performances for inclusion in student portfolios.
• Student Portfolio Tracking Chart: This chart is designed for students to track their portfolioselections throughout the cluster. It is located in Appendix C.
• Skills Set: This icon identifies the skills that may be targeted for assessment during eachstrategy, and provides suggestions for that assessment. Skills assessment information is locatedin Appendix A.
• Skills Progress Chart: This teacher tool lists every skills learning outcome for a particulargrade. It is intended to monitor individual student progress related to skills in each cluster andthroughout the grade. It is located in Appendix C.
• Connecting and Reflecting: This is the end-of-cluster assessment activity.
Students explore important events and individuals fromManitoba’s past. This study includes a focus on earlysettlement, contributions of diverse cultural communities,and ways in which life in Manitoba has changed over time.
Cluster Assessment: Tools and Processes
Cluster Description
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• Create an artifacts centre of items from Manitoba’s past (e.g., clothing, household items,historical pictures...).
• Create a display of books related to Manitoba’s past.
• Invite students to dress in costumes representing life or significant people from Manitoba’spast.
• Create a bulletin board display illustrating important events and individuals and pictures ofearly life in Manitoba.
• Come dressed in a period costume and assume the characteristics of a teacher from long ago(e.g., students seated in rows, strict discipline, slates...).
• Provide food samples that represent life in Manitoba’s past (e.g., foods made from old-timerecipes, old-fashioned candy...).
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• Historical Cultural Contributions• Changes in Ways of Life
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Description of the Learning ExperienceThe natural environment and interactions with Aboriginal peoples had an impact on European settlement, andsettlers in turn affected Aboriginal life. Students identify various aspects of the natural environment in Manitobaand research ways in which Aboriginal peoples and European settlers interacted with each other.
4.4.1 Early Life and Settlement
Learning Experience: 4.4.1 Early Life and Settlement
4-KL-026 Describe the influence of the natural environment on settlement in Manitoba.4-KL-027 Relate stories of interactions between the Selkirk settlers and Aboriginal
peoples.4-KH-034 Give examples of the impact of European settlement on Aboriginal communities
in Manitoba.Include: displacement of communities, disease, cultural change.
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Collaborative groups of students share what they know about early Europeansettlement in Manitoba (i.e., who, what, where, when, why, and how), including theinfluence of the natural environment and the impact of European settlement onAboriginal communities. Students organize their ideas using a W-5 web and sharecompleted webs with peers.A.4.1
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Using the KWL strategy, students record what they know and want to know aboutEuropean settlement in Manitoba, the influence of the natural environment onsettlement, and the impact of European settlement on Aboriginal communities.Students discuss what they have recorded in the Know column and suggest strategiesto help answer what they want to know. Students record what they learned oncompletion of the learning experience.
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Collaborative groups of students study relief maps of Manitoba and imagine they areearly European settlers about to travel here. Students discuss where in Manitoba theywould choose to settle and explain why.TIP: Encourage students to consider the influence of the natural environment andinteractions they may have with Aboriginal people.
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Collaborative groups of students examine five locations in Manitoba identified on arelief map. Students imagine they are European settlers moving to each location anddiscuss and record challenges and opportunities they might encounter related to thenatural environment and/or interactions with Aboriginal peoples. Students shareobservations in a class discussion.A.3.1
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Student interview family members to learn stories of their ancestors who settled inManitoba (e.g., challenges and opportunities related to the natural environment,interactions with Aboriginal people...). As an Admit Slip, students share these storieswith the class.
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Using print and electronic resources, students research the locations of Europeansettlements in Manitoba. Students identify on a map of Manitoba the location of fortsand early settlements, including the Selkirk settlement. Students discuss how thenatural environment or interactions with Aboriginal peoples may have influenced thechoice of the locations.Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>
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4-KL-026 Using print and electronic resources, students research facts related to early Europeansettlement in Manitoba, including where people settled and the influence of the naturalenvironment and interactions with Aboriginal people. Students record their ideas andshare them with a partner.Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>
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Using print and electronic resources, students read stories about the interactionsbetween Aboriginal people and Selkirk settlers. Students identify the impact ofEuropean settlement on Aboriginal communities and record their observations. TIP: Encourage students to identify ways in which Aboriginal people helped newsettlers survive and cope with the natural environment. Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>
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Students compose questions and interview an Aboriginal Elder to hear stories ofinteractions between Aboriginals and European settlers to learn how they helped eachother, as well as the impact of European settlement on Aboriginal communities (i.e.,displacement of communities, disease, cultural change). Students discuss theinformation presented and record ideas in their journals.A.6.4
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Students create a mural or diorama illustrating interactions between Aboriginals andEuropeans. Students include images of ways in which Aboriginal people helped newsettlers survive and cope with the natural environment.
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4-KH-034 Using a Venn diagram, pairs of students compare and discuss Aboriginal life beforeand after European settlement to identify the impact of European settlement onAboriginal communities (i.e., displacement of communities, disease, cultural change).
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Students create a comic strip or comic book, illustrating interactions between Europeansettlers and the Aboriginal peoples. Students include individuals from the past (e.g.,Lord Selkirk, Louis Riel, Cuthbert Grant) and illustrate how the exchange of ideas hashelped Europeans to survive the natural environment or how European settlementaffected Aboriginal communities. A.10.1
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Collaborative groups of students plan and present a dramatization of interactionsbetween Aboriginals and European settlers, illustrating how the exchange of ideashelped Europeans to survive the challenges of the natural environment or howEuropean settlement affected Aboriginal communities.
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Using a RAFT, students assume the role of either an Aboriginal or a European settlerand describe his or her daily life, influence of the natural environment, and interactionswith the other community.
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Description of the Learning ExperienceManitoba has a rich and diverse history. Using oral, print, and electronic resources, students researchimportant people and events from Manitoba’s past.
4.4.2 People and Events That Shaped Manitoba
Learning Experience: 4.4.2 People and Events ThatShaped Manitoba
4-KH-033 Relate stories of people and events that shaped Manitoba.Examples: voyageurs, Louis Riel, Chief Peguis, Lord Selkirk, Nellie McClung,Thanadelthur, bison hunt...
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4-KH-033 Students brainstorm names and contributions of important Manitobans. Collaborativegroups of students sort the list according to student-determined criteria. Students sharetheir categories with peers and discuss other ways people may have contributed toManitoba.
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Students interview family members to learn stories of people who have contributed toManitoba. As an Admit Slip, students share these stories with the class and discusshow oral tradition is an important way to learn history.
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Students examine street maps or take a community walk to identify names of streets,buildings, or public places they speculate were named after people or events thatshaped Manitoba. Students discuss who they could ask to verify their predictions andselect one or two individuals to contact.
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Students invite Aboriginal Elders or community members to share stories ofManitoba’s history with the class. Students record information related to people andevents that shaped Manitoba.
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Using oral, print, and electronic resources, students research people and events (e.g.voyageurs, Louis Riel, Chief Peguis, Lord Selkirk, Nellie McClung, Thanadelthur,bison hunt...) that shaped Manitoba. Using a W-5 chart, students record who, what,where, when, why, and how each person or event shaped Manitoba. Students choosean interesting person or event to share with peers.Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>
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4-KH-033 Collaborative groups of students create sections of a historical timeline, illustratingpeople and an event that shaped Manitoba. Students include images of the people andevents and a description of their significance. Compile group sections in a classtimeline.
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4.4.2 People and Events That Shaped Manitoba
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Collaborative groups of students create an historical multimedia presentation,illustrating people and an event that shaped Manitoba. Students list significant dates onthe title slide and link to additional slides. Each linked slide includes an image of theperson or event and a sound clip describing the significance. Compile grouppresentations in a class historical timeline.A.11
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Using a RAFT, students assume the role of a person who shaped Manitoba. Studentsbrainstorm roles, audiences, formats, and topics or events from Manitoba’s history andshare completed RAFTs with peers.
A.9.3
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Students create a museum or art gallery display commemorating Manitoba’s history.Students artistically represent a person or event that shaped Manitoba (e.g., painting,statue, dramatized voice/video clip, plaque, model...). Students invite other classes andcommunity members to tour the gallery.
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In pairs, students plan and assume the roles of a reporter and an important person fromManitoba’s past. The interviewer asks questions to determine how the person from thepast helped shape Manitoba. Students present their role-play to the class.
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Students host a “Famous Manitobans” tea or lunch during which each student assumesthe role of a person who shaped Manitoba’s history. Students invite parents,administrators, and community members, and dress and act in character during theevent.
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Students create postage stamps or coins that represent a person or event that shapedManitoba. Students represent the person or event on an oversize stamp or coin andprepare a fact sheet to accompany it. TIP: Students may submit their stamp or coin ideas to Canada Post or the RoyalCanadian Mint.A.10.1
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Description of the Learning ExperienceDiverse cultural communities contributed to the building of Manitoba. Students research the contributions ofvarious communities, including Aboriginal, francophone, and other ethnic and cultural communities. Aboriginalstudents make connections between their identities and the history of their community.
4.4.3 Historical Cultural Contributions
Learning Experience: 4.4.3 Historical CulturalContributions
4-KI-010 Give examples of the contributions of diverse ethnic and cultural communities tothe history of Manitoba.
4-KI-011 Give examples of Aboriginal contributions to the history of Manitoba.Examples: place names, art, parks and historic sites, symbols and stories,guidance to early settlers...
4-KI-011A Recognize that their identities are connected to the history of their Aboriginalcommunity.
4-KI-012 Give examples of francophone contributions to the history of Manitoba.Examples: settlement of Saint-Boniface, place names, language and culture,voyageurs...
4-KI-012F Recognize that their identities are connected to the history of their francophonecommunity.
Note: Aboriginal and francophone learning outcomes are not intended for all students (seepage 36 of the Overview).
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Students interview family members to learn of contributions of their ethnic communityto Manitoba (e.g., food, customs, place names, clothing...). As an Admit Slip, studentsshare these contributions with the class and discuss how their cultural group hasenhanced the diverse culture of Manitoba.
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Collaborative groups of students brainstorm evidence in their daily lives of ethnic andcultural diversity in Manitoba (e.g., language, celebrations, businesses, music, art,buildings...). Students discuss the various cultural and ethnic communities represented.
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Students contribute articles from home to a cultural communities artifact centre.Students describe items to the class, identifying the cultural community, and displayitems in the artifact centre.
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Students browse the restaurant section of the Yellow Pages or newspapers and othermedia, and discuss various cultural communities represented. Post the names ofcommunities identified on a wall map of Manitoba.
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Using print and electronic resources, students research ethnic and cultural communitiesin Manitoba, including Aboriginal and francophone, to identify their contributions tothe history of Manitoba. Students record the name of the community, and time period,contributions, significance, and evidence in today’s society.Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>A.11
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Students compose questions and interview, email, or fax members of various ethnicand cultural communities, including Aboriginal and francophone, to identifycontributions of that ethnic group to the history of Manitoba. Students record the nameof the community, and time period, contributions, significance, and evidence in today’ssociety. Students share information with the class.A.6.4
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Students visit cultural centres to learn of the contributions of diverse communities,including Aboriginal and francophone, to the history of Manitoba. Students composequestions to identify the significance of the contributions.
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Using print and electronic resources, students listen to or observe artistic contributionsof diverse cultural communities, including Aboriginal and francophone. Studentsreflect on the significance of the artistic contributions and share their observations withpeers.
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Students read stories or historical novels to identify contributions made by diverseethnic and cultural communities, including Aboriginal and francophone, to the historyof Manitoba. Students reflect on the significance of contributions identified in thestories or novels and share their observations with peers.
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Using print and electronic resources, students identify various heritage sites inManitoba. Collaborative groups of students select three heritage sites (i.e., Aboriginal,francophone, and one other) and research location and historical significance. Studentsshare information with peers.Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>A.11
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4-KI-011A Students identify significant people, events, or places related to their Aboriginalcommunity, past or present. Students reflect on how their identities are connected tothe history of their Aboriginal community.
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Using a word processor, students create a brochure to identify contributions made bydiverse ethnic and cultural communities, including Aboriginal and francophone, to thehistory of Manitoba. Students include a map identifying the location of each culturalcommunity, a description and/or images highlighting the contributions, and anexplanation of their significance.A.11
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Collaborative groups of students create a mural or collage of contributions made bydiverse ethnic and cultural communities, including Aboriginal and francophone, to thehistory of Manitoba. Students include representations of various contributions (e.g., art,buildings, celebrations/events, clothing...) and explain their significance.
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Using a RAFT, students assume the role of a person, place, or event related to acultural community in Manitoba and describe its significance to the history ofManitoba.
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Collaborative groups of students plan and prepare an audio or video depicting a“Manitoba Cultural Minute” to identify and highlight a contribution made by a culturalcommunity to the history of Manitoba. Present the “Manitoba Cultural Minutes” toother classes and community members.
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Collaborative groups of students create a print or electronic “Historical CulturalContributions” picture book. Students illustrate contributions made by a culturalcommunity and explain their significance to the history of Manitoba. Compile grouppresentations in a class picture book.
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4-KI-011A Students compose a letter to an Aboriginal Elder expressing their appreciation for asignificant person, event, or place related to their Aboriginal community. Studentsdescribe how their identities are connected to the history of their Aboriginalcommunity.
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Description of the Learning ExperienceLife in Manitoba has changed significantly over time. Knowing and understanding the past contributes tounderstanding oneself. Students compare contemporary life in Manitoba with that of long ago.
4.4.4 Changes in Ways of Life
Learning Experience: 4.4.4 Changes in Ways of Life
4-KH-035 Describe ways in which life in Manitoba has changed over time.Examples: housing, food, hunting and fishing, clothing, recreation, languages,education, agriculture, transportation...
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Students contribute articles or photographs to a “Life in the Past” artifact centre.Students describe items to the class, identifying their purpose. Students label anddisplay items in the artifact centre.
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Students select images of items used in their daily lives (e.g., vacuum cleaner,flashlight, refrigerator, television...), and identify their task or purpose. Studentssuggest how similar tasks may have been accomplished in the past.TIP: Clip art, magazines, and catalogues may be sources of images.A.6.6
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Students sort a list of items used in daily life according to past, present, or both.Students discuss how items used in daily life may have changed over time.
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Student interview family members to learn about how they lived in the past. Studentsrecord aspects of daily life in the past (e.g., housing, food, transportation, education,clothing...) in a chart. Using each of the categories in the chart, collaborative groupsidentify ways in which life in Manitoba has changed over time. Students shareobservations with the class and discuss how life in the past was different, and howhearing stories of their family’s past enriches their understanding of themselves.
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Using print and electronic resources, students identify ways in which aspects of dailylife have changed over time. Students record examples of technological changes overtime, describe how these changes affect daily life, and discuss positive and negativeimplications of these changes.Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>
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Students read stories or historical novels about life in Manitoba’s past to identify waysin which aspects of daily life have changed over time. Students reflect on ways inwhich life in Manitoba has changed over time and share their observations with peers.
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Students visit a museum or historical site (e.g., Lower Fort Garry, Dugald Museum,Heritage North Museum, The Forks, local heritage site...) to learn of ways in whichlife in Manitoba has changed over time. During the field trip, students recordobservations (i.e., ideas, digital pictures, and sketches), and reflect on the challengesfaced by people of the past and the significance of Manitoba’s history in their lives.Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>
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Students view video clips illustrating life in the past. Students record observationsrelated to ways in which life in Manitoba has changed over time, and discuss thechallenges faced by people of the past. Supporting websites can be found at <http:www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/links/ss>A.6.7
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Using a Venn diagram, students categorize present and past aspects of daily life (e.g.,housing, food, hunting and fishing, clothing, recreation, languages, education,agriculture, transportation...) from long ago and today. Students explain why somethings have changed while others remain the same, and discuss the impact on theirlives. A.9.1
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Students create a historical timeline illustrating life in Manitoba’s past. Studentsinclude images and/or photographs of artifacts and a description of ways in which lifein Manitoba has changed over time.
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Using a RAFT, students assume the role of a person, place, or event from Manitoba’spast, describing ways in which life in Manitoba has changed over time. Students sharetheir RAFTs and discuss the significance of Manitoba’s history in their lives.
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Collaborative groups of students plan and present a dramatization illustrating ways inwhich life in Manitoba has changed over time. Students might assume the role of ahistorical figure from long ago who meets a character from today or time travellerswho have travelled from the past to the present or from the present to the past.
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Students compose articles for a period newspaper (e.g., news items, advertisements,editorials, sports, classifieds...). Students include details to illustrate how life inManitoba has changed over time. TIP: Provide old newspapers as models.A.9.4
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Collaborative groups of students plan and present two scenes from daily life, one fromthe past and one from the present, illustrating ways in which life in Manitoba haschanged over time (e.g., preparing food, recreation, education, agriculture,transportation...).
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Using your “History of Manitoba” portfolio, reflect on how Manitoba has changed over time, anddescribe ways in which your actions may positively influence Manitoba’s future.
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